Miss New York
Appearance
The Miss New York competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of New York in the Miss America pageant. Miss New York has won the Miss America Crown six times:
- Bess Myerson (1945, first Jewish American Miss America, competing as "Miss New York City")
- Tawny Godin (Tawny Little) (1976)
- Vanessa Williams (1983, first African American Miss America)
- Mallory Hagan (2013)
- Nina Davuluri (2014, first Indian American Miss America)
- Kira Kazantsev (2015)
Winners
Year | Name | Hometown | Age | Local Title | Miss America Talent | Placement at Miss America | Special scholarships at Miss America | Notes |
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2014 | Jillian Tapper | 23 | Miss Southern Tier | 3rd runner-up to Miss New York 2014; Assumed title when Kira Kazantsev won the Miss America 2015 title | ||||
Kira Kazantsev | Manhattan | 23 | Miss City of New York | Vocal with cup percussion "Happy" by Pharrell Williams | Miss America 2015 | Threepeat- the third time in a row a Miss New York has won Miss America | ||
2013 | Amanda Mason | Manhattan | 24 | Miss Manhattan | Classical Vocal | 1st runner-up to Miss New York 2013; Assumed title when Nina Davuluri won the Miss America title | ||
Nina Davuluri | Fayetteville | 24 | Miss Syracuse | Bollywood Fusion Dance "Dhoom Tana" from the film Om Shanti Om | Miss America 2014 | Back to back wins for Miss New York. Previously Miss Michigan's Outstanding Teen 2006, and 1st runner up at Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2007. First Indian American winner of the Miss America contest and first to perform a Bollywood dance on the Miss America stage. | ||
2012 | Shannon Oliver | Manhattan | 25 | Miss Metropolitan | Operatic Vocal | Assumed title when Mallory Hagan won the Miss America title | ||
Mallory Hagan | Brooklyn | 23 | Miss New York City | Tap Dance "Get Up Offa That Thing" | Miss America 2013 | Shannon Oliver assumed title when Mallory won Miss America 2013 [1] Originally from Opelika, Alabama | ||
2011 | Kaitlin Monte[2] | Pittsford | 22 | Miss Southern New York | Vocal "Disneyland" from Smile | 2nd runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit Award, Quality of Life Award Finalist | 1st runner-up to National Sweetheart 2008 as Miss Florida |
2010 | Claire Buffie[3] | New York City | 24 | Miss Southeast New York | Jazz Dance "Bye Bye Blackbird" | Top 12 | Competed at National Sweetheart 2008 as Miss Indiana. Was selected as one of two "America's Choice" finalists voted into the top 15 at Miss America by the public | |
2009 | Alyse Zwick | Scarsdale | 23 | Miss Westchester County | Ballet en Pointe | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2008 | |
2008 | Leigh-Taylor Smith | New York City | 22 | Miss Brooklyn | Vocal "Say the Word" | 3rd Runner Up at Miss America 2009 | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | Former 3rd Runner Up to Miss VA 2007 and Miss VA 2006 |
2007 | Elisabeth Baldanza | Oneonta | 23 | Miss Empire Rose | Contemporary Ballet "Your Daddy's Son" from Ragtime | Featured in "Two Dancers" exhibit at the National Museum of Dance in Saratoga, NY. On reality TV show "Miss America Reality Check" on TLC. | ||
2006 | Bethlene Pancoast | Brooklyn | 24 | Miss Heart of New York | A cappella Tap Dance | Non Finalist Talent Award Winner | Previously Pennsylvania's Junior Miss 2000 | |
2005 | Kandice Pelletier | New York City | 24 | Miss Greater New York City | Musical Theatre Dance "Queenie Was a Blonde" from The Wild Party | Contestant on The Amazing Race 10, with fellow Miss America contestant Dustin-Leigh Konzelman (Miss California); Previously won National Sweetheart 2003 as Miss Georgia | ||
2004 | Christina Ellington | New York City | 22 | Miss Southern New York | Classical Vocal "My Man's Gone Now" | Top 10 Finalist | 4th runner-up to National Sweetheart 2003; Miss Teen Connecticut America 2001 and 1st runner up in Miss Teen America 2001 | |
2003 | Jessica Lynch | New York City | 24 | Miss New York City | Jazz Dance en Pointe "America" | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2002 | ||
2002 | Tiffany Walker | Brooklyn | 22 | Miss New York City | Interpretive Modern Dance "Bridge Over Troubled Water" | Top 10 Semi-finalist | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | |
2001 | Andrea Plummer | New York City | 23 | Miss New York City | Ballet en Pointe "Forrest Gump Suite" | 4th runner-up | 1996 America's Junior Miss representing Tennessee | |
2000 | Kelly Falgiano | Lancaster | 21 | Miss Amherst | Classical Piano "Sonata Pathétique" | |||
1999 | Brandi Burkhardt | Pasadena, Maryland | 20 | Miss Manhattan | Vocal "Take Me As I Am" from Jekyll & Hyde | Non-finalist Talent Award | Previously Miss Maryland Teen USA 1997 | |
1998 | Deana Herrera | Staten Island | 20 | Miss Staten Island | Jazz Dance "Shoeless Joe from Hannibal, Mo." from Damn Yankees | |||
1997 | Lisa Esler | Northville | 21 | Miss Fulton County | Vocal "Memory" | |||
1996 | Tammy Harris | Williamstown | 24 | Miss Oswego County | Dance "O Fortuna" | |||
1995 | Sunita Param | Buffalo | Miss Buffalo | Starred in American Desi, Miss Match, several national commercials | ||||
Helen Goldsby | Brooklyn | 24 | Miss Orange County | Classical Vocal "Chi Il Bel Sogno di Doretta" from La Rondine | Top 10 Semi-finalist | Preliminary Talent Award | Title removed by pageant officials[4] | |
1994 | Dione Lee Robinson | Gansevoort | 21 | Miss Capital Region | Dramatic Monologue | |||
1993 | Marcia Cillan | New York City | 23 | Miss Manhattan | Vocal "I Am Changing" | |||
1992 | Ingrid Olsen | Port Jefferson | 22 | Miss Greater Syracuse | Classical Vocal "Steal Me, Sweet Thief" from The Old Maid and the Thief | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
1991 | Marisol Montalvo | Holbrook | 23 | Miss Long Island | Classical Vocal "Tu che di gel sei cinta" | 1st runner-up | Preliminary Talent Preliminary Award | Currently singing leading soprano roles in major European opera houses. |
1990 | Maryalice Demler | Buffalo | 26 | Miss Buffalo | Dramatic Soliloquy "Shall I Tell You What I Think of You?" from The King and I | Currently evening news anchor for WGRZ-TV in Buffalo. | ||
1989 | Lisa Marie Molella | Millbrook | 24 | Miss Dutchess County | Vocal Medley "That's Life" & "But the World Goes 'Round" | Non-finalist Talent Award | Aunt of Miss New York's Outstanding Teen 2011- Lauren Molella; Sister-in-law of Miss Massachusetts 1983 & Miss National Sweetheart 1982- Holly Mayer[5] | |
1988 | Mia Seminoff | New York City | 23 | Miss Manhattan | Classical Ballet en Pointe "La Esmeralda" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
1987 | Alice Knisley | Staten Island | 21 | Miss Metropolitan New York City | Vocal Medley | |||
1986 | Dawan McPeak | New York City | 25 | Miss Metropolitan New York City | Gymnastics Dance | Actress/model in Dallas: website: dawanmazzu.com; Mrs. Texas 2001 | ||
1985 | Jill Privateer | Fredonia | 21 | Miss Buffalo | Vocal "Shine On, Harvest Moon" | Non-finalist Talent Award | Toured with 1986 Miss America Gillette Show Troupe | |
1984 | Mary-Ann Farrell | New York City | 22 | Miss Manhattan | Classical Piano "Danzas Argentinas" | Top 10 Semi-finalist | Preliminary Talent Award | Sister of Miss Florida 1985 and Miss Illinois 1992 |
1983 | Melissa Manning | successor to crown | ||||||
Vanessa Lynn Williams | Millwood | 20 | Miss Greater Syracuse | Popular Vocal "Happy Days Are Here Again" | Miss America 1984 | Preliminary Swimsuit Award, Preliminary Talent Award | First African American Miss America, resigned on July 23, 1984 | |
1982 | Eileen Clark | Syracuse | 23 | Miss Greater Syracuse | Classical Vocal "Glitter and Be Gay" from Candide | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
1981 | Suzanne Alexander | Lyons Falls | 20 | Miss Oneida County | Classical Vocal "Vissi d'arte" | Top 10 Semi-finalist | Preliminary Talent Award | A fourth grade teacher in the Marcelllus school district |
1980 | Cheryl Flanagan | Rochester | 18 | Miss Greater Rochester | Tap Dance "Medley from That's Entertainment, Part II" | Top 10 Semi-finalist | Preliminary Talent Award | |
1979 | Kelli Krull | Buffalo | 21 | Miss Niagara Falls | Baton Twirling Exhibition "If My Friends Could See Me Now" | Top 10 Finalist | Preliminary Talent Award | Previously was a finalist in the 1975 Miss American Teenager Pageant |
1978 | Paula Pope | Lockport | 21 | Miss Greater Colonie | Piano Solo "Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto" | |||
1977 | Lesly Braun | Pelham Manor | 23 | Miss Staten Island | Flute Medley "Take the "A" Train" & "Sir Duke" | |||
1976 | Sonja Anderson | New York City | 25 | Miss Manhattan | Vocal "And This Is My Beloved" | 4th runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | previously Miss New York USA 1975 |
1975 | Mary Hinterberger | 21 | successor to crown | |||||
Tawny Elaine Godin | Yonkers | 18 | Miss Saratoga Springs | Original Piano Composition "Images in Pastels" | Miss America 1976 | |||
1974 | Kris Krull | Niagara Falls | 22 | Miss Erie County East | Jazz Dance "Jesus Christ Superstar" | Toured with Miss America USO Troupe | ||
1973 | Joann Miller | Cheektowaga | 20 | Miss Erie County East | Jazz Dance | |||
1972 | Judith Keithley | Rochester | 19 | Miss Rochester | Piano "Rhapsody in Blue" | |||
1971 | Elisabeth Condon | Angola | 21 | Miss Niagara Falls | Acro Jazz Ballet "Applause" | |||
1970 | Katherine Karlsrud | Mamaroneck | 18 | Miss Westchester | Harp Solo "Whirlwind" by Carlos Salzedo | Top 10 Semi-finalist | recipient of the Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship | first Allman Scholarship recipient to graduate from medical school |
1969 | Linda Trybus | Snyder | 20 | Miss Amherst | Song & Dance "Mary Poppins Medley" | Top 10 Semi-finalist | ||
1968 | Patricia Burmeister | Portville | 24 | Miss Rochester | Classical Vocal "Où va la jeune Hindoue" from Lakmé | Top 10 Semi-finalist | Toured with Miss America USO Troupe | |
1967 | Kari Pedersen | Staten Island | 21 | Miss Staten Island | Classical Vocal "Vissi d'Arte" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
1966 | Penelope Donoghue | Yonkers | 22 | Miss Westchester | Modern Dance | |||
1965 | Marlene Butcher | Hamburg | 19 | Miss Dunkirk | Vocal / Dance "I Ain't Down Yet" from The Unsinkable Molly Brown | |||
1964 | Julie Just | Buffalo | 20 | Miss Tri-County | Popular Vocal, "Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
1963 | Barbara Gloede | Staten Island | Miss Dunkirk-Fredonia | Vocal & Pantomime Variety Act "Guide to World Capitals" | Non-finalist Talent Award | |||
Marsha Metrinko | New York City | Tap Dance, "Just in Time" & "Blues" | Non-Finalist Talent Award | competed as Miss New York City | ||||
1962 | Paula Heins | Le Roy | 19 | Miss Batavia | Vocal "Climb Ev'ry Mountain" | |||
Margaret Mary Warncke | Flushing | 22 | Vocal "Mira" from Carnival! | Special Judge's Award | competed as Miss New York City | |||
1961 | Kathryn Moden | Buffalo | 20 | Miss West Seneca | Dramatic Reading from A Midsummer Night's Dream | |||
Maryann Hillyer | New York City | 20 | Vocal "The Song Is You" | competed as Miss New York City | ||||
1960 | Susan Talbert | Ogdensburg | 19 | Miss Dunkirk-Fredonia | Dance | Miss Congeniality | ||
Sherrylyn Patecell | Flushing | 19 | Tap Dance "St. Louis Blues" | competed as Miss New York City | ||||
1959 | Bonnie Jo Marquis | Huntington | 19 | Vocal / Dance "Whatever Lola Wants" | Top 10 Semi-finalist | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | ||
Elizabeth Holmes | Malverne | 19 | Vocal Impersonation of Maurice Chevalier | competed as Miss New York City | ||||
1958 | Miriam Sanderson | Rensselaer | Vocal sung in French "Romberg's Serenade" | |||||
Bette June Piller | New York City | Speech on Art | competed as Miss New York City | |||||
1957 | Janet Corrigan | Huntington | Vocal "True Love" | |||||
Astrid Papamichael | New York City | Vocal | competed as Miss New York City | |||||
1956 | Lael Jackson | New York City | Specialty Number | competed as Miss New York City. Was to represent Jacksonville, FL in the 1959 Maid of Cotton Pageant but withdrew due to illness | ||||
1955 | Diana Deutsch | New York City | Art Sketching | competed as Miss New York City | ||||
1954 | Heather Taferner | New York City | Classical Vocal "The Indian Bell Song" from Lakme | Preliminary Talent Award | competed as Miss New York City | |||
1953 | Jeannine Bowman | Rome | Drama | |||||
Joan Kaible | New York City | Classical Vocal "Qual fiamma avea nel guardo" from Pagliacci | 1st runner-up | competed as Miss New York City | ||||
1952 | Joan St. John | Binghamton | Vocal | |||||
Joan Kayne | New York City | Dance | Semi-Finalist | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | competed as Miss New York City | |||
1951 | Louise Orlando | Syracuse | Vocal | |||||
Sandy Scott | New York City | Vocal | competed as Miss New York City | |||||
1950 | Marilyn Reynolds | Syracuse | Vocal, "I'll Take Romance" | |||||
Phyllis Battleson | New York City | Classical Vocal "Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix" | Semi-Finalist | competed as Miss New York City | ||||
1949 | Wanda Nalepa | New York City | Speech "Nursing" | |||||
Loreen Osgood | New York City | Piano "The Blue Danube" | Semi-Finalist | competed as Miss New York City; Mary Collins originally won the title but could not compete at Miss America due to prior contractual obligations[citation needed] | ||||
1948 | M. Yvonne Fix | Niagara Falls | Classical Vocal, "Un Bel Di" from Madama Butterfly | |||||
Connie Inge Ronde | New York City | Dramatic Reading "State of the Union" | competed as Miss New York City | |||||
1947 | Carol Fredericks | Harrison | Tap Dance | |||||
Lynn Faune | Brooklyn | Vocal "I Come From Brooklyn" | competed as Miss Brooklyn | |||||
Raven Malone | New York City | Vocal "Put the Blame on Mame" | Semi-Finalist | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | competed as Miss New York City | |||
1946 | Violet Meller | White Plains | Recitation "True to the End" | Miss Congeniality | ||||
Eileen Henry | New York City | Dramatic Monologue from Saint Joan | Semi-Finalist | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | competed as Miss New York City | |||
1945 | June Jenkins | Elmont | ||||||
Bess Myerson | Competing as Miss New York City, a competition organized by a local radio station[6] | 21 | Piano & Flute "Grieg's Piano Concerto In A Minor" & "Summertime" | Miss America 1945 | Preliminary Swimsuit Award, Preliminary Talent Award | First Jewish American winner of the Miss America contest. Also the first Miss New York to become Miss America. | ||
1944 | Bobby MacAdam | Brooklyn | ||||||
Betty Jo Dazey | New York City | Vocal Medley "Goodnight, Wherever You Are" & "Swinging on a Star" | Semi-Finalist | competed as Miss New York City | ||||
1943 | Marion Butler | New York City | ||||||
Milena Miller | New York City | Vocal "I Can't Get Started Without You" | 3rd runner-up | competed as Miss New York City | ||||
1942 | Marion Moselle | Utica | Preliminary Talent Award | |||||
Catherine Victoria Zambon | competed as Miss Central New York | |||||||
Annyse Sherman | New York City | Vocal "My Hero" from The Chocolate Soldier | Semi-Finalist | competed as Miss New York City | ||||
1941 | Charlotte Winstanley | competed as Miss Lake Mahopac | ||||||
Grace DeWitt | New York City | Semi-Finalist | competed as Miss New York City | |||||
Lillian Helen O'Donnell | Yonkers | 2nd runner-up | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | competed as Miss Westchester County | ||||
1940 | Geraldine Anne Racine | competed as Miss Eastern New York | ||||||
Constantine Gray | Yonkers | competed as Miss Westchester County | ||||||
Gloria Elizabeth Sheehan | Buffalo | competed as Miss Western New York | ||||||
1939 | Grace M. Reilly | competed as Miss Coney Island | ||||||
Clare E. Foley | vocal comedy & dance | Semi-Finalist | competed as Miss Eastern New York | |||||
Lillian Evelyn Hesser | Annadale | competed as Miss Staten Island | ||||||
1938 | Elissa Winston | Semi-finalist | represented New York as Miss Empire State | |||||
Barbara Beach | Brooklyn | Semi-Finalist | competed as Miss Brooklyn | |||||
Marion Rosamund | competed as Miss Long Island | |||||||
Adeline Margaret Shull | competed as Miss Long Island Sound | |||||||
1937 | Dorothy Armstrong | Whitesboro | represented New York as Miss Empire State | |||||
Helen Fleiss | Bronx | Semi-Finalist | competed as Miss Bronx | |||||
Grace Travis | New York City | vocal | Semi-Finalist | Preliminary Talent Award | competed as Miss New York City | |||
Irene Alice Vanderburgh | Watervliet | competed as Miss Troy | ||||||
Evelyn Raye | New Rochelle | Semi-Finalist | competed as Miss Westchester County | |||||
1936 | Susan Georgianna Green | Bolwar | competed as Miss Western New York | |||||
1935 | Vera Haal | Bronx | ||||||
Grace Tauss | Brooklyn | piano | competed as Miss Brooklyn | |||||
Laura Baker | Poughkeepsie | competed as Miss Poughkeepsie | ||||||
1933 | Florence Meyers | 19 | 1st runner-up | Elsa Donath was to compete as Miss New York City but withdrew from the competition under allegations that Miss NYC was an improperly conducted contest. | ||||
1927 | No Miss New York | Freida Louise Mierse, Miss New York City was a semi-finalist in the pageant. Also representing New York were: Kay Armstrong, Miss Buffalo; Laura Belle Cooper, Miss Jamestown; Eva M. Bergman, Miss Watertown; Betty Schwartz, Miss Western New York & Emma Sackett, Miss Yonkers. Also competing were Miss Central New York and Miss Riverside whose names are not known. | ||||||
1926 | No Miss New York | Ruth K. Patterson, Miss Greater New York and Catherine Kennedy, Miss Yonkers were Finalists in the pageant. There were also contestants representing Bay Ridge, Elmira and Oswego whose names are not known. | ||||||
1925 | No Miss New York | Edith Higgins, Miss Bronx; Beatrice Roberts, Miss New York City & Fern Jackson, Miss Syracuse were Finalists in the pageant. Also representing New York were: Ethel Grossback, Miss Bay Ridge; Grace Marie Carr, Miss Catskill Mountains; Florence V. Andrews, Miss Watertown; Emma Soltis, Miss Westchester & Wilma Engle, Miss Yonkers. There was also a Miss Brooklyn who competed whose name is not known. | ||||||
1924 | No Miss New York | Beatrice Roberts, Miss Manhattan was a Finalist and Margie Booth, Miss Greater New York was a Semi-Finalist. Also representing New York were: Helene Goebbel, Miss Bronx; Frances Robinson, Miss Catskill Mountains; Agnes I. Leonard, Miss Coney Island; Mary Griggs, Miss Newburgh; Mary Carlson, Miss Queens; Katherine Skuse, Miss Rochester; Alma Jeanne Williams, Miss Syracuse; Hilda Farrell, Miss Watertown & Florence Kreisler, Miss Yonkers. Also competing were Miss Bay Ridge, Miss Brooklyn and Miss Richmond whose names are not known. | ||||||
1923 | No Miss New York | Ethelda Kenvin, Miss Brooklyn was 1st runner-up and Heather Eunice Walker, Miss Coney Island was 2nd runner-up. Also representing New York were: Peggy Ross, Miss Albany; Bonita Bement, Miss Binghamton; Edithea Wild, Miss Brighton Beach; Irene Knight, Miss Buffalo; Peggy Shevlin, Miss New York City; Neid Tell, Miss Niagara Falls; Leta Cowles, Miss Rochester & Eileen Snyder, Miss Syracuse. | ||||||
1922 | No Miss New York | Dorothy Knapp competed as Miss New York City and was the "Professional Beauty Winner." Also representing New York were: Helen Agnes Scarels, Miss Binghamton; Ruth Andres, Miss Brighton Beach; Bertha Rent, Miss Buffalo; Lilian Harnack, Miss Long Beach; Mildred Moon, Miss Rochester; Roberta Cooper, Miss Schenectady; Mary Hlavka, Miss South Beach; Rosamond Fahey, Miss Syracuse & Jeannette Adronis, Miss Utica | ||||||
1921 | No Miss New York | Virginia Lee competed as Miss New York City and was the first "Professional Beauty Winner" |
External links
- Miss New York official website
- "Crowns Amid Controversies." New York Times, January 7, 2015.
References
- ^ http://missny.org/history/
- ^ "Miss New York crown goes to Kaitlin Monte". SILive.com. June 19, 2011.
- ^ [1] 2010 Pageant Results
- ^ "Who Rules Over a Beauty Queen?;Miss New York and Pageant Officials in a Power Struggle". SILive.com. Feb 3, 1996.
- ^ "Lauren Molella named Miss New York Outstanding Teen". SI Live. June 19, 2011.
- ^ Woo, Elaine (January 5, 2015). "Bess Myerson, Miss America who rose in politics and fell in scandal, dies at 90". Los Angeles Times.